Micheal Jordan tops a Forbes list of highest paid retired athletes

Casmir Obiegbolu, 30th March 2016: 11:43am

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Anambra flood victims get relief

Casmir Obiegbolu, Awka: 30th March 2016

The Anambra State Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday commenced the distribution of relief materials worth about N20m to the victims of last 2015 flood disaster.
The disaster affected no fewer than 11 local government areas of the state.
The materials, which were donated by the presidential committee on flood relief and rehabilitation, included bags of cement, beans, garri and maize.
The affected local government areas of Ogbaru, Onitsha North and Onitsha South received their materials at the headquarters of SEMA in Awka.
The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Paul Odenigbo, who was represented by a director in the agency, Mr. Chukwudi Onyejekwe, said about 300 victims would benefit from the exercise.
The agency had earlier distributed relief materials, including zinc, ceiling boards nails, bedding materials, buckets, palm oil, vegetable oil, as well as bags of cement and rice to flood victims in Anambra East, Anambra West, Ihiala, Ekwusigo, Ogbaru, Awka North, Onitsha North and Onitsha South.
Some of victims expressed gratitude to the state and federal governments for coming to their aid.
Anambra State was one of the worst hit in the 2012 flood disaster that affected many states in the country.

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Governor Obiano the Hope for a Better Tomorrow

By Kingsley Ezekwelu

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Government-owned Media Establishments to be repositioned for Better Efficiency- FG

 

Casmir Obiegbolu: 12:05 PM 23rd March 2016

Alhaji Lai Muhammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has said that all Federal Government-owned media establishments will soon be repositioned for better efficiency.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that all Federal Government-owned media establishments will soon be repositioned for better efficiency.

This was stated in a statement the minister issued in Doha and which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday.

The statement was made available by the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, Segun Adeyemi.

NAN recalls that the minister on Sunday visited the sprawling Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Centre in Doha.

Mohammed stated he was not glad with the efficiency of the federal government-owned media institutions and had determined to reposition them for higher effectivity and to be extra aggressive.

Mohammed was carried out spherical the power by Al Jazeera’s Director, Mounir Daymi, with different officers of the centre.

The assertion quoted the minister as saying that his go to was in furtherance of his efforts to forge coaching and improvement collaboration with the worldwide information community.

“We would like a model new tv station that might be among the many greatest on the earth and it’s attainable,” the minister stated.

He stated he would quickly invite the officers of the Media Coaching and Improvement Centre to Nigeria for a necessity-evaluation go to.

He conceded that the public media had enough personnel working hard to drive the agenda of the Buhari-administration but said that a lot needed to be done to fill the skills’ gaps existing among the media workers.

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Nigerien Presidential Polls: President Mahamadou re-elected

• Nigerien president wins re-election in run

  

  President Mahamadou

  Casmir Obiegbolu: March 23, 2016
  

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Gbong Gwon Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba inaugurated as Nnamdi Azikiwe University's Chancellor

PROF. OKOJIE AND UNIZIK VC DECORATING THE CHANCELLOR

The Chairman, Plateau State Council of Traditional rulers and Gbong Gwon Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba have been inaugurated as the third Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

Casmir Obiegbolu: March 17, 2016

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Governor Obiano marks 2years in office today

• Obiano expresses gratitude to Ndi Anambra  

  Casmir Obiegbolu: March 17, 2016

  

  Governor Obiano

  
  Governor Willie Obiano has expressed profound gratitude to Ndi Anambra for their unflinching support to his administration these past two years. 

  In a broadcast to Ndi Anambra on his two years anniversary at Government house Awka, Governor Obiano  expressed happiness that he has laid solid foundation for development to thrive.
  
  Highlighting some of his achievements within these two years, Governor Obiano reiterated that Ndi Anambra now holds their heads high when ever security is mentioned.

  Governor Obiano explained that education sector of the State has taken a better status with successes recorded in both Internal and external examinations as well as national and international debate competitions.
  
  On Agriculture, the governor said investment attracted in the sector is one that will ensure food security for the state aside the state 's target to be a net exporter of farm produce and job creation for the teaming population.
  
  Governor Obiano recalled that he provided water ambulances and gun boat to aid emergency and security in hard to reach areas for easy assess to quality health delivery and education.
  
  On water and sanitation, he said fourty seven motorised boreholes have been provided for communities in Aguata and Anambra East council areas.
  
  He said he and his cabinet has set an impressive record in Internally Generated Revenue with a remarkable increase from five million naira monthly to one point three million naira through elimination of ghost workers, blocking of loop holes and doing more with less.
  
  Governor Obiano reminded Ndi Anambra that two years is hardly enough time in the life of every administration to make a lasting impression, but he and his team has demonstrated a strong ambition for greatness calling for the support and prayers of all, and collective belief in their ability to make a difference.
  

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Dangote Opens Tomato Processing Factory

By Casmir Obiegbolu: March 17, 2016

Dangote Group, the Nigerian conglomerate owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has officially launched a $20 million tomato processing facility in Kano state, northern Nigeria.
The new tomato processing plant which has a daily production capacity of 1,200 metric tones per day will compete for a share of Nigeria’s lucrative tomato paste market with cheap imports from China.
Nigeria imports roughly 300,000 tons of tomato paste from China every year, valued at about $360 million. Dangote’s tomato venture will produce more than 400,000 tons of paste annually, thereby significantly reducing the need for importing the food product.
 
Dangote’s facility will source most of its raw material from farmers in the Kadawa Valley in Kano state and will pay them a guaranteed price of about $700 per ton of tomatoes compared to an average of less than $350 which they receive today.
Every year Nigerian farmers produce an estimated1.5 million tons of tomatoes. Of that amount, about 900,000 tons rot, according to information from Nigeria’s Agriculture Ministry. Dangote’s new facility will ensure that very little of the tomatoes farmers produce go to waste.

 Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man with a fortune currently estimated at $16.6 billion by FORBES, is the President of the Dangote Group which owns businesses in cement production, flour milling and sugar refining.

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PMB Condemns Terror Attack On Cote d'Ivoire

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Sunday's terrorists' attack on Grand Bassam Resort in Cote D'Ivoire, the presidency said in a statement on Monday.

By Casmir Obiegbolu: March 15, 2016

In a telephone call to President Alassane Outtara after the attack, Buhari conveyed the sympathy of the Federal Government and people of Nigeria to the people of Cote D'Ivorie as they mourn their compatriots and foreign visitors who lost their lives in the attack. The President assured his Ivorian counterpart of Nigeria's full solidarity and support as his country grapples with the consequences of the heinous attack and strives to overcome the new security challenges posed by the terrorist incursion.
Remarking once again that terrorism now transcends all national boundaries, President Buhari restated his call for greater international cooperation against terrorists and their sponsors.

They have attacked a hotel in Mali, leaving 21 people dead. They killed over 130 people in attacks on Paris and they murdered 28 persons in Burkina Faso.
Terrosim does not respect territorial boundaries again. That is why the world has come together, present a common front and deal with thse merchants of evil, Buhari said.
Ouattara thanked President Buhari for Nigeria's sympathy and solidarity.

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